Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 Japanese Flags The sweatband is complete but

The sweatband is complete but areas of stitching are loose

Comparable reproductions sell for $150

The rifle has the original short 24" barrel with sporting front sight and a triple position folding back sight

The drop went poorly

more than 500 recruits from Saint-Domingue (France's colony which became Haiti two decades later

Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 Japanese Flags The sweatband is complete butOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1918, originally made towards the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 fiberglass scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those